#balloon juice

Balloon Juice was started by me in 2002. It has grown and changed along with me, with many commenters becoming front page authors. And now, one way or another, we seem to have actual people who know actual things and aren’t just making stuff up on th

Russian Warship, Go Fuck Yourself All Balloon Juice posts on Ukraine are below these resource lists. War in Ukraine Lexicon Newspapers Kyiv Independent Financial Times: War In Ukraine The New Voice of Ukraine  (independent newspaper) Ukraine’s public

Targeted Strategic Fundraising (boots on the ground) As you know, in 2022, we collectively made the decision to be more strategic with our Balloon Juice fundraising, targeting key swing states and (often) underrepresented groups. We focus primarily o

Balloon Juice is an online community created by John Cole in January, 2002. Why the name Balloon Juice? Straight from dictionary.com: “Balloon juice is a slang phrase that primarily means ‘hot air’. It inspired the name of an influential political bl